Improvement in planter and cultivator



C. vRUBBLESQ Corn Planter arid Cultivator.

Patented May 5, 1868.=

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IMPROVEMENT IN PLANTER AND CULTIVATOR.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, CASPER Runnnns, of Lowville, in the county of Lewis,and State of New York, have invented a new andimproved Seed-Planter andCultivator; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to make and use the same, referenee being had to'thcaccompanying drawings, and to the letters .of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to a new and improved combination of aseed-planter and cultivator, whereby the machine may be usedeither as aseed-planter or cultivator, and made to werk in either capacity equallyas well as if made separately for each.

In the accompanying sheot of drawings Figure 1 is a transverse verticalsection of my invention, taken in the line a: z, fig. 2.

Figure 2, a front view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A represents the frame of the machine, which is of rectangular form} andhas a draught-pole, B, perma- 'ncntly attached to it.

C is the driversscat, secured on the upper end of anelastic bar, D,which is attached to the draught-pole,

and E is a shaft, placed on the front part of the frame A, and having aseries of wheels or pulleys, F, keyed upon it, zit-equal distancesapart. This shaft E has a handle, G, attached,-for the convenience ofturning it.

H represents a series of shares, four being shown. These shares may betermed skeleton ones, being formed,

of a small V-shaped point, a, having two diverging mould-boards, b, 1),of quite narrow or shallow depth, so that they will run or work underthe surface of the ground rather than over it.

The rear ends of the mould-boards b b are attached to rods or bars a c,the upper ends of the latter being connected by jointed to thercar'ba-rof the frame A, Tothefront end of each share there is attached a chain,I, and these chains are connected to-the wheels or pulleys F on shaft E.I

It will be seen from the above description that the shares H-mayberaised or lowered by turning the shaft E, raised entirely out of theground when not required for use, and lowered so as to work into theearth at a greater or less depth, as occasion may require. i

J represents a bar, which is parallel with the frontan d rear bars ofthe frame A, and has its ends attached to pendants c e, which aresecured, one to each side-piecef of the frame A. This bar J isconsiderably below the frame A, and it has three vertical tubes, K,secured to it at equal distances apart, each tube having a seed-hopperplaced on it, as shown in red in fig. 2. In each tube Ktwo horizontalslides, g g, work. one above the other.

These slides are connected to levers L, which are pivoted in arms k,attached horizontally to the tubes K, the slides 9 being above, and theslides g below the pivots of the levers L. Theupper ends of these leversare connected to a rod, M, which extends the whele'length of the bar J,and has a spring, N, bearing against one end of it, the opposite end ofsaid rod being bent down in crank-form, as shown at It, so thatprojections i, at the inner side of one of the wheelsO, on which themachine is mounted, may act against the rod as the machine is drawnalong. These projections 2', in connection with the spring N,'give areciprocating movement to red M, and operate the slidesgg, the seed, asthe upper slidesy are drawn outward from the tubes K, dropping down uponthe lower slides, which are in the tubes. As the upper slidesg areforced within the tubes, the lower slides g are drawn out from-it, andthe seed discharged between the shares II, which throw sutlicieut earthat each side to cover it.

This machine may be used either as a cultivator or seed-planting machinewithout any manipulation or change of parts whatever.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The V-shaped shares H, applied to the machinethrough the medium of the rods or bars 0 c, which are connected byjoints d to the rear bar of the frame A, and connected at their frontends by chain's I to wheels or pulleys I on shaft E, substantially asshown-and described.

2. The tubes K, provided with the slides g attached to the lovers L,which are connected to the reciprocating' rod M, operated through themedium of the spring N, and the projections 2' on wheel 0, substantiallyas set forth.

CASPER RUBBLES.

Witnesses:

Z. Knox, Y J. B. Vrsscnnn.

